Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Invests Over A Million Dollars In ‘Tax The Rich’ Merchandise

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hates capitalism, or so she says.

She has invested a massive amount of money into a merchandise business and she is selling t-shirts that say things like ‘Tax the Rich’ on them.

Is she trying to use capitalism to criticize capitalism, or is she just trying to get rich?

The Daily Wire reports:

Ocasio-Cortez Needs Fame, Invests $1.4 Million In Merch, Much Of It Emblazoned With Her Initials

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in another move to make herself ubiquitous, paid a political merchandise firm a whopping $1.4 million from her campaign coffers just in the first six months of 2021 to create T-shirts and hats with leftist slogans such as “Tax the Rich” and “Abolish ICE” — much of the merchandise featuring her initials.

That sum paid to Financial Innovations, a political merchandise firm, according to campaign disclosures to the Federal Election Commission, is roughly twice as much as what she paid to the firm the previous two years, the Daily Mail noted.

Financial Innovations has also created merchandise for Elizabeth Warren, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden. According to Andrew Frawley, who managed the merchandise operation for Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign, the Ocasio-Cortez campaign could accrue at least a 50% profit from sales of the merchandise.

Last December, The Daily Wire reported, “At her online store at shop.ocasiocortez.com, the former bartender is selling sweatshirts that say, ‘TAX THE RICH.’ You can also buy a ‘New Green Deal’ coffee mug for $27. Then there’s the ‘Drink Water & Don’t Be Racist’ T-shirt for $27. And the ‘cancel student debt’ shirt for the same price. And the ‘ABOLISH ICE’ dad hat for $28. But the ‘SOCIAL ECONOMIC RACIAL JUSTICE’ sweatshirt will set you back $65.

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As if that’s not bad enough, the news service Reuters is helping her push it. Look:

👕 AOC is now selling merchandise

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become one of America's most prominent progressive Democrats with her calls to tax the wealthy and spend heavily to fight climate change https://t.co/aw8GSyEQhB 1/5 pic.twitter.com/7MbXqdYFgo

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 19, 2021

📢 ’Tax the Rich’ 📢 ‘Fight for our Future'

Now she is investing heavily in her online store, selling merchandise with her name, initials and slogans as a fundraising effort and profile-building exercise 2/5 pic.twitter.com/jiWngtO4FJ

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 19, 2021

💰 Her campaign paid a political merchandise firm more than $1.4 million in the first six months of 2021, according to campaign disclosures to the Federal Election Commission.

That’s more than many lawmakers spent on their entire re-election efforts during the period 3/5 pic.twitter.com/YbctYfMlkG

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 19, 2021

When did Reuters become an arm of AOC’s political organization?

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